Were expecting a showdown between cruz and trump, jeb bush went toe to toe with the longtime republican front runner first. Trumps first answer was explaining why his plan to ban muslims from entering the United States is american isolationism. As far as other people, like in the migration, where theyre going, tens of thousands of people, with isis flags on their cell phones, i dont think so wolf. Theyre not coming to this country. Country. Hes a chaos candidate. And hed be a chaos president. He would not be the commander and chief we need to keep our country safe. Safe. Jeb doesnt really believe im unhinged. He said that ry simply because he has failed in this campaign. Its been a total disaster, nobody cares. Cares. Bush has gone from being an early favorite before he entered the race to polling in a distant fifth ace in the most recent polls. A generation has gone by since democrats or republicans went to their convention without knowing o their nominee was. Was. But there are concerns with polarizing candidates leading the gop race, the party might try to call an audible at this summers gathering. Why would they do that . Th . National correspondent jeff barnd explains in a story you will see only on fox 2828ews. News. Billionaire Donald Trumps rise to the top of a splintered 14 candidate field doesnt seem to be ning anytime soon. Rublican powerbrokers met in washington to discuss the remote possibility of a brokered Gop Convention this summera if no one candidate can win the simple majority of votes from nely 25hundred delegates. By june 2016a when the final state primary contests enda. Basically, a big problem for a party going into a president ial year is being divided and a brokered convention would be the ultimate sign of a divided and probably losing Republican Party gop leaders say a brokered convention would only take place if e frontrunner could not get the required number of votes inin the e primary seasona its not there for the party to undermine its top candidate. A just because an antiestablished contender is now the frontrunner of an established Party Republican voters will choose the delegates that will go the convention in cleveland next july. Those people will decide the nominee. Thats it. Bottom line, plain and simple. But at least 2 gop contenders remain skeptical the brokered convention will be used to shutout a leading political outsidera even if they have enough votes going into the convention. Ive been hearing about it, ive been hearing about the closed door meetings. And i dont like that, that wasnt the deal i made. I would quit the party if theyre clearly trying to steal the election and doing this in a very dishonest way ththlast brokered convention for republicans came in 1948. The party eventually chose new york governor thomas dewey. Dewey would eventually lose the white house to democrat harry trumana im jeff babad reportinga to win the nomination, a candidate must secure a majority of the more than 24hundred delegates with a vote at the convention. Turning to the race for the democratic nomination, a new poll continues to show Hillary Clinton at the front of the race. Race. The latest Quinnipiac University poll shows clinton leading vermont senator Bernie Sanders by 11percentdemocrats surveyed say jobs and the economy remain the most important issues to them. That could give sanders an opening, as he polls higher than clinton when ititomes to economic policy. Actress lena dunham will return to the corridor campaigning for clinton in iowa city on january 9th. Dunhams character in the hit show girls spent time in iowa attending the iconic iowa writers workshop. The actress book tour. The weather is certainly cooperating with travel plans so f this weeee week. But what about your commute to work tomorrow . Tomorrow . Justin roberts joins us now with a first look at your weatherfirst forecast, for businesses that thrive in colder weather, its been a slow seasona seasona the ski resort in dubuque is feeling the effects of the unseasonably warm weweher. Weather. Fox 28 News Reporter dora miller has been at the Sundown Mountain resort all day and tells us how theyve managed. Managed. Mother nature has been pretty gentle on us this montha but t for plples like these, its been harsh. At Sundown Mountain resort theyve had to take a break from their usual activities to wait for Mother Nature to catch up. Lately it snt been much o oa party at Sundown Mountain resorta its always a good time to have a party, you dont have to have snow. But no snow means no businessa normally we opop the day after thanksgiving, thats come and gone several years ago, so we are getting a little tense. Hitting these brown slopes general manar mark has had to make some changes like staff cutbacks. Its in our dna to be open at this time of year you expect to have customers here, we have pass holders who want to ski, a lot of the kids at our school are chopping at the bit to get out here and enjoy winter. Whats left now is small patches of snow and Mother Nature hasnt helped with that either. Natural snow is kind of like advertising to us, we make about 92 percent of our snow here depending on the year. Usually theres already like a blanket of snow on the ground, but its okay to have a Brown Christmas. This isnt the first time the resort has had to work around a Brown Christmas in 2001 and in 1972, they werent open until after the holiday. Our customers understand that we are limited to what Mother Nature brings s us as far as the cold. But the dry ground hasnt put a damper on the spirit in dubuque. I dont think anything dampens dubuque, i think people are what makes s dubuque and the snow and other things are just a bonus. There have been a few times that the resort hasnt opened until januarya this year wont be so bad since temps will cool down on thursday, they say theyll start making snow and open again this weekend. In dubuque, Dora Miller Fox 28 news of iowa iowawhere president Bruce Harreld issued an apology controversial remark. Remark. It happened last week during a meeting with the ui staff council. President harreld said instructors who are not ready to teach their classes should be shot. An employoy complained and in an email reponse, harreld called the remark unfortunate and off the cuff. He said he didnt mean to offend anyone or imply support for gun violence. Now, a union rereesenting graduate student teaching and Research Assistants is calling for him to resign. Some good news on the education front here in iowa. The Us Department of education says iowa leads the nation with a highghchool Graduation Rate of 90point5 percent. Thats well above the National Average of more than 82percent. The feds say the graduation gap between whites and minority groups is also shrinking. In Johnson County today theres another group of graduates. Graduates. But this group completed a course designed to get them back on track. This was the Graduation Ceremony for theheohnson county Drug Treatment Court program. There are a number of requirements that participants have to complete before graduating. Those that complete the program say theyre grateful for getting their life back. Ive lived the same way for 20 years and these people are gracious enough to showe how to do it right, and they cared enough, they cared. Cared. And its a winwin for law enforement. Statistic shows each day spent in this program rather than prison, saves taxpayers nearly 60dollar a day per participant. In california today, hundreds of thousands of students were kept home. Home. The sudden announcement this morning came after a threat was made against a number of los angeles schools. Schools. Tonight, the leaders who made the decision to keep the digital threat allegeldy spoke about devices inside backpacks. That prompted the la district superintendant to call off classes for nearly 700thousand students. The same threat was sent to the New York School district, but classes there went on as scheduled. So the assumption of the nypd and the assumption of the department o oeducation were immediately exactly the same, that in fact it would be a huge disservice to our nation to close down our school system. System. When they make a decision they have to take in to account the safety of tt chchdren of los angeles. I think its irresponsible to based on facts that have yet toe determined, to criticize that decision at this point pointleaders inincalifornia say they plan to open schools as normal tomorrow. Iowa Governor Terry branstad last night officially became the longest serving governor in us history. A mark that stood for morerehan 200 years. Years. Today, he sat down with fox 28 News Reporter and host to talk about his decadeslong servici to the state. State. In this fox 28 news exclusive. Exclusive. When Terry Branstad first became governor in 1983, he was the youngest in iowas history at 36 years old. He says back then setting records for being in office a combined 21 years s s the farthest thing from his mind. Was that the plan back in 1982 . No. I had no clue this would happen. I fact i didnt even know what the record was when i ran the first time back then, branstad was e lieutenant goveveor and was just as surprised as everyone else when robert ray decided to not run for governor again. He says he wanted to be in politics from the time he was in eighth grade he majored in Political Science at iowa and became the Lieutenant Governor at 31. But as soon as he won the statesop office he faced one of the Biggest Challenges he ever would. The we closed 38 banks. Land values dropped 63 percent but we worked to diversify the economy. Overtime he says thats worked and helped turn a 90 Million Dollar deficit that he inherited in 1983 into a huge surplus by the time he e left t 1999. Its important because businesses look to invest in states that are well managed. He says other states right now have issues like large unununded pension systems making the outlook for the whole state bleak. In iowa i like to say things are good and theyre getting better. The governor is up for re election again in 2018. He says just like robert ray he probably y ont decide until election year. In des moines, kevin barry, cbs 2 news. It hasnt all been smooth sailing for the governor. Recently hes taken a lot of hehe for plan to privatize the states medicaid system next month. Hear what the governor has to say about that, coming up in our next half hour. Also coming up on the fox 28 news at nine. Time holiday style. A more traditional christmas in the corridor courtesy of the historic amana colonies. Colonies. Heart disease. Asthma. Diabetes. 7 out of 10 americans take prescription drugs. But in the last 7 years drugs prices have doubled. Hillarys going to take onhe Drug Companies. Require medicare to negotiate lower drug prices. Let people buy their prescription drugs from countries like canada at half the price. And cap monthly prescription costs for every american. The Drug Companies have been over charging long enough. Its time to fight back. Im Hillary Clinton donuts and bagels. Tomorrow on fox28 morning live some ideas for a healthier breakfast to feed your family as they visit for the holidays. That plus your weather first forcast tomorrow at 7am see join us amid a hectic Holiday Season a lot of people are looking for events and activities that can bring the whole family together to share the spirit of the season. Season. Tonight fox 28 News Reporter matt hammill continues to explore some of your favorites as we celebrate corridor. Varoom in the tradition of the old world where christmas brings warmth to a long winter the amanas invites you in from the cold accordians welcome the tannebaum forrestwhere crowds are gathering for the glitter and creative color that fills the fest hall barn with the beauty of the season andbrings wide eyed wonder to visitors in awe of what they see. Many of them walk that first step in and they just stop because theyre just mesmerized by everythingng david d ttig says from the scores of Christmas Trees decked out by local groups and businesses to the amazing german pyramid fied th has been the place to find Christmas Spirit for thirty years. People love it its a tradition for a lot of people we have folks thqt come every year for the last 25 years or so and they come e from chicago and they come from kansas city and locals also. Mason. Oooh mason. Smooch smooch amid the maze of memories saa even stops by op a test run with rudolph from the north polea chance for kids to get a picture with saint nick yes kids of all agesbecause everybody. Okay almost Everybody Loves santa waaaaaat places where its always happy like the famous ox yoke inn owner bill lichsenring says theres just Something Special about christmas in the colonies people who visit they dont see anything like this anywhere. Even in a major city like chicagoa 10 19 32 a you know they have to drive four and a half hours tocome to a mana to see have done. Proceeds from tannenbaum forest go to wishes at the university of iowa Childrens Hospital and you are invited to enjoy the final three days this weekend. Its a great opportunity to get away from the hustle and bustle of the malls and the shopping and relax and experience christmas maybe the way it used to be. Celebrating christmas in the corridor in amana. Im matt hammill, you can find all of our christmas in the c cridor paris theres a lot to do on a dairy farm. Nobodys gonna do it for you. You have to get out there and do it yourself. Bernie sanders is a wellknown friend of family farms. Bernie cannot be bought out by big money. Bernies opinion cannot be purchased. Its time for our next president to get in there, roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, take on big business, take on big money, and get the working class back to where they should be. Hes a rock. Just ahead on the fox 28 news at nine. Nine. A new option in the corridor if youre struggling to get your eight hours every night. Night. And later, just because hes the longest serving governor in American History doesnnmean Terry Branstad avoids criticism. More of our exclusive 1on1 interview 18million adults struggle with sleep apnea according to the National Sleep foundation. Foundation. But as fox 28 News Reporter steffi lee shows us when the regular treatments dont work, theres a new option at the physicians clinic of iowa. Iowa. See how it works in tonights to your health. Heheth. Sleep experts say people should get around eight hours of sleep each night. And those struggling wh sleep apnea who cant use the proper treatmenencould have another option here in cedar rapids. Rapids. It starts out for a lot of people just with sleepiness. Sometimes being tucked into bed isnt enough to manage chronic snoring or uncontrolled breathing. Breaththg. One out of every four people being affected by obstructive sleep apnea. Dr. Geisler says the treatment of choice is usually the cpap machine blowing air into your airways or a dental device. Device. The back of the tongue is pupued forward away from the back of the throat, giving more space here. But when all else fails were still looking for people. Dr. Geisler says the new minnesotabased inspire therapy rolled out a few months ago could be an option. Its now available at the physicians clinic of iowa. Iowa. This is a pacemaker like battery that is under the skin, surgically placed there, and instead of wires going down to the heart muscle, the wires go up towards the neck and are wrapped around the nerves. A Clinical Trial over the span of a year monitored more than 100 patients showed more than sixty percent saw less symptoms. Symptoms. You do have to fail cpap, before, according to the fda this inspire therapy should be considered potentially used. Sleep experts s are still waiting for more data to come out as more patients start investing in the procedure but say this treatment could outweigh symptoms like breathing shortages. Shortages. Thats what leads heart attacks, heart the heart. Heart. Doctor geisler hopes that in the upcoming months, patients who cant just use the generic cpap or bipap machines can use this as a viable alternative to getting a good nightht eep. Covering the corridor in cedar rapids, steffi lee, cbs 2 news, fox 28 news still to come on the fox 28 news at nine. Nine. More of our exclusive interview with Governor Terry branstad. Hear what t has to say about the criticism over his Health Care Plans for iowa. Iowa. And some unscripted drama during a tv live shot. What happened, when the fox 22news anncr when the attacks come here. The person behind this desk will have to protect your family. Will he be impulsive and ckless, like donald d ump . Will he have voted to dramatically weaken counterterrorism surveillance, like ted cruz . Will he have skipped crucial National Security hearings and votes just to campaign, like marco rubio . 27 generals and admirals support jeb bush. Because jeb has the experience and knowledge to protect your family. Right to rise usa is responsible iowa Governor Terry branstad made history just last night, becoming the longest serving governor in us history. Its a position to which iowa voters have elected branstad six times now. Now. At support, though, doesnt make a politican immune to controversy. Recently, the govenror has been embroiled in a debate over the States Health care system. Fox 28 News Reporter and host of iowa in focus kevin barry has more on that thatin t ts fox 28 news exclusive. If no where else, its probably most true in politics that youll never please all the people all the time. Even after going a perfect 190 over more than 30 years in primaries and general elections as a politician, Governor Terry branstad says there will always be issues that make iowans go toe to toe with their chief executive. Well first of all you cant be afraid to take on m big challenge. And secondly, what you need to do is look at whats worked elsewhere. The most recent issue that hes getting criticism for is his plan to privatize the states medicaid program. He says the program has expanded many times over the years but the health of iowans hasnt gotten any healthier. I think we gotta get iowans to take ownership of their own health and then the state needs to partner with themo help manage chronic condions like diabetet and congesesve heart failure. He wants to follow in the footsteps of 26 other states who are already working with private companies. But people on medicaid and even some of the care providers have said d e january first deadadne is too soon to make the change and not have the quality of care suffer. Is there a chance that this might be the right thing to do for the state because of the budgetary concerns but maybe not as quickly as january first. Well weve already said that for some of the providers who have concerns about the contracts that were going have a save harbor for three more months. For that time those providers would get fully reimbursed even without signing on with the private companies. Right now the state is still waiting on the centers for medicare and Medicaid Services to decide if they approve of the governors plan or if theyll stop it before it goes into effect on january first. In des moines, kevin barry, fox 28 news. For more political headlines here in iowa, be sure to watch iowa in focus with kevin barry, every sunday morning at 9 30, right here on fox 28. A bank robbery usually makes the local news. News. But one such crime in rochester, minnesota took an amazing turn, and it was all a look. Look. Tyler just 24 hours hours ago this bank in. What . Oh, thats the robber uh, this is live tv folks, thats the roroer that just wenenby, according to the Bank Employee so i gotta go here and call 911, ill talk to you later. Later. That reporter gave police the information that leleto the suspects arrest. Investigators claim the man planned on robbing the bank a second time in as many days. Turning to the weather now, another grgr day across the hawkeye state. State. So when will the sun return to the corridor . Corridor . Justin roberts is in for chief meteorologist terry swails joins us now with your justin thanks. The wet weather over the past few days has forced the closure of a number of area roads. Roads. In cedar rapids j street southwest at Prairie Creek is shut down because of the risingcreek level. The rising cedar river also shut down otis road southeast from the cargill plant to the Prairie Creek fishery. Both closures will remain in effect until the waters recede. A marengo man is dead following a headon crash with a semi late this morning near amana. Says 43yearold johnny wayne bagwell, junior, crossed the center line on highway 151. The roway was shut down for several hours following the crash. The driver of the semi was not hurt. Recent concerns about fan safety at Major League Ballparks led to some rule changes. But the cedar rapids kernels say theyre already on the same page. Page. The new rules require protective netting between the dugouts. Thats something that perfect game field has had since it opened in 2002. The kernels tell fox 28 news they also plan to upgrade stadium signage and Public Safety videos warning fans about the dangers of foul balls. By the way, the kernels open up their 2016 home season on april 7th. And coming up in sports naz long done for the year why he chose to sit out the rest of the season and what in means for iowa state stateplus the king is crowned again the latest next on fox 28 dear future, life is good. No, great. But even though i know everything, i still feel like you could surprise me. Like that skateboard incident with the squirrel. But life is sweet now. Hey, what could go wrong . Its you and me l the way, future. That extra rest that steve prohm gave naz long on sunday just got a hole lot longer both prohm and long announced today that the senior guard will miss the rest of the season seasonlong played in the first 8 games for the cyclones averaging 12 points and 31 minutes per game but persistant discomfort forced him to shut it down and focus on his ongoing recovery from the arthroscopic surgery he had on both hips during the offseason. Long will seek a medical redshirt so staturday we will see a whole lot more of matt thomas, hallice cook, and Deonte Burton on the floor from the its prohms first classic and first time facing Northern Iowa but you dont have to fill him in on the panthers hes already singing the praises great program, a program thats about winning, about doing things the right way. A teriffic culture they have there. Ive had a chance to watch them off and on, i remember watching them at stephen f. Austin. And the guard washpun was really good. So we have to do a great job against him, but terriffic program, obviously a lot of respect for them and what theyve been ablblto accomplish. On the flip side when Northern Iowa thinks about iowa state they think of run and gun basketball the cyclones score 85 points per game to average that your average length of possessionon needs s be short isu has the nations 7th shortest the clones get it and go, and ben jacobson knows their transition game is on point. I think as Everybody Knows best at transition offense in the entire country. They just get the ball on top of you so fast. Made shot, missed shot, turnover, it realal doesnt matter for them. Theyre able to get the basketball into your front court. Part of that is theyve got so many guys that can handle the basketball. I feel like a broken record at this point, but desmond king just continues to be crowned an all amercian day in and day out today he was hit with another anotherthe sporting news tabbed him a first team all american if youre keeping track at homom that makes 7 total if hes named a First Team Allamerican on wednesday by the american footabll Coaches Association king will be a consesnus all american. Speaking of allamerican honors a bunch of panthers found themselves on the stats fcs all American Teams denondre hall was named to the first team the senior defensive back finished the season with 82 tackles, 6 interceptions, and 2 touchdowns his defensive teammates arter schult and Brett Mcmakin were on the second team and Makinton Dorleant was on the third. Continuing in the season of giving athlons released thier big 12 awards and iowa states mike warren was named the conferences offensive freshman n the year warren rushed for over 13 hundred yards and 5 touchdowns averaging over one hundred yards per game. And Matt Campbell has offically named tom manning hioffensive coordinator earlier this month manning was named as iowa states offensive line coach the two coached together at toledo and played together at mount union. And still to come on fox 28 we hit the hardwood around the cooridodo could prairie snap wahlerts win streak and for lynns family, the big stress is paying four hundred dollars a month in medical and drug costs for aidan. For other families its higher deductibles, premiums and copays that keep adding up. Ats why weve got t t crack down on price gouging, cap outofpocket costs, and fast track approval of less expensive generic drugs. Because weve got to get Health Care Costs under control for lynns family and for yours. The road to repeat in 3a for Dubuque Wahlert literally starts on the road the Golden Eagles first 5 games of the season all away from the key city tonight they wrap up the road tour in cedar rapids taking on prairie prairiejust one loss between the two teams and thth was a dog fightphawks up 3 in the third cal clark makes it 6 the senior sinks the three ball the Golden Eagles would soar back with a little high low action cordell pemsil the futurur hawkeye puts it home for two but prairie would not be denied clark up ahead to ryan oxley he gets the hoop and the harm and prairie gets the win 4th ranked solon hosting anamosa in a wamac clashthe blue raiders jumped out to an early lead thanks to plays like this kolin shulte takeit hard to the rack for two anamosa led by as manyny as 10 in the 2ndspatrans would battle back thanks to Streeter Mcilravy he knocks down the triple to cut the lead to 4 t the blue raiders were just too much Kyle Schepanski dials Long Distance and connects from deep and anamosa gets the win 50 to 45 not only was there a top 10 tilt in the mvc, but history was on the line at linnmar for Amanda Ollinger enenring her game against city high the senior was 5 points away from hitting the 1 career. Not to mention. Her lions trying to stay unbeatenjump to the 2nd linnmar up 7 kenya early gets three the old fashion way she cuts the lead to 6 lions led by 4 at the halfand they came out firing in the third ollinger banks it home she surpassed the 1 thousand point mark 6 points into the gamebut the little hawks would fly back ashley joens working hard down low city high rallies to win 60 to 49. Bibigame in the ver valley one loss monticello hosting undefeated regina the regals got it going early. First quarter Greyson Dumont drops in the baseline jay. But this one wasnt going to come easily. Panthers playing some great defense and the steal would leads to points Taylor Macdonald finishes at the other end but the regals would flex their muscles Mary Crompton splits the d for the scoror regina gets the win 44 to 39 and stays unbeaten. And in the tri rivers 1as top team springville hosting central cityand this one was all orioles from the start mikayla a hhazul had a huge game nahhazul banks it home for 2 of her career high 29 pointsand she wasnt the only one scoring from springville off the steal the orioles work it around the world to Megan Wagaman and she rattles it home springville rolls 68 to 12 thats a check of sports justin has a last check of your forecast when the fox 28 hello. Im mark hyman. Theres been an ongoing argument over media bias. The fact of the matter is it exists. Media bias is simply part of the american wayoflife. To be more precise, media bias is prevalent worldwide. Allow me to give you one example. Last week, nearly 200 countries were represented at the paris climate summit. It was another progressive. Feelgood moment. Participants led by us secretary of state john kerry warned this was the final deadline to save the planet from extinction caused by man made global warming. Apparently, it was lost on everyone that several other deadlines have come. And gone. In the last decade. When the climate deal was announced, a reporter from the londonbased newspaper, the economist, tweeted out a video of the newsroom near the summit from which journalists could report on e proceedings. As you can see here, journalists are screaming and jumping in excitement as if they were more to the point,. They are totally invested in oneside of the story. So how can anyone ever expect them to report honestly and fairly on the topic . Media bias exists. To comment, to behind the headlines dot net. Im mark paris theres a lot to do on a dairy farm. Nobodys gonna do it for you. You have to get out there and do it yourself. Bernie sanders is a wellknown friend of family farms. Bernie cannot be bought out by big money. Bernies opinion cannot be purchased. Its time for our next president to get in there, roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, take on big business, take on big money, and get the working class back to where they should be. Hes a rock. A developing story out of our Nations Capital tonight. Tonight. Where a short time ago, speaker of the house paul ryan announced a budget deal. The 1point1 trillion dollar spending plan would fund the federal government for another 10 months. A final vote on the plan is expect to come next week before Congress Heads home for the holidays. Well have more coming up on the cbs 2 news ten at ten. Finally tonight, a lookback at the legacy of cedar rapids first African American physician, doctor percy harris. The book is called a healing presence in our community and takes a look at the history of doctor harris. He began his career as an intern at Saint Lukes Hospital in 1947 before serving as linn county medical examiner for nearly four decades. Doctor harris says the community took care of him just as much as he took care of the community. I was fed well, had a good time, and been at st. Lukes which i consider my home. A copy of the book to the African American museum of iowa, the Cedar Rapids Public Library and the linn county night. Announcer a horrific terror attack in paris. Then, a brutal act of terror here at home. Its time for a tested and proven leader who wont try to contain isis. Jeb bush has a plan. To destroy them. And keep america safe. Jeb bush the United States should not delay in leading a Global Coalition to take out isis with overwhelming force. Announcer tested and proven